Means for hanging doors



.Hume i3, i967 .1. W. STEPANEK 3,324,907

MEANS FOR HANGING .DOORS 2 Sheets-She@ 1 Filed April 25, 1966 .Fume i3, 96? J. W. STEPAMK MEANS FOR HANGING DOORS Filed April 25, 1966 United States Patent O 3,324,907 MEANS FOR HANGING DOORS .lames W. Stepanek, Hopkins, Minn., assignor to Rita E. Stepanek, Hopkins, Minn. Filed Apr. 25, 1966, Ser. No. 545,032 9 Claims. (Cl. 144-27) This invention relates to structures used to mark and locate lead holes for hinges and latches used to mount the doors on a frame or a doorjamb. This invention also relates to a method of mounting a pair of doors on a frame.

Briefly described the structures for hanging a pair of cabinet doors include a marking device used to locate and make groups of three lead holes for screws holding hinges on the inside surfaces of the doors. Clamp units are used to secure the doors together and locate them relative to the frame on which the doors are to be mounted. After the hinges have been secured to the frame a gauge is used to locate and make lead holes for the cooperating lock structure inthe frame and the backsides of the doors.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a fragmentary plan View of the backside of a door and the marking device of this invention located in operative position on the' door;

FIGURE 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 2 2 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 3 3 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 4 is an enlarged sectional View taken along the line 4 4 of FIGURE l;

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 5 5 of FIGUR-E l showing the marking pins in depressed position;

FIGURE 6 is a plan view of the outside of a doors mounted on a frame by two pair of hinges;

FIGURE 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 7 7 of FIGURE 6;

FIGURE 8 is a fragmentary plan view of the lower portion of the frame with the door shown in section i1- lustrating the gauge used to locate and make the lead holes for the lock structures used to hold the door in the closed position;

FIGURE 9 is an enlarged sectional View taken along the line 9 9 of FIGURE 8; and

FIGURE 1() is a view similar to FIGURE 9 showing the lock structures mounted on the door and doorjamb.

Referring to the drawing there is shown in FIGURE 1y a cabinet door indicated generally at 15 having an underpair of cut peripheral groove 16. Groove 16 has a right angle` shape in cross section and is defined by an upright end wall 17 and horizontal top and bottom walls 18 and 19 respectively. Walls 17, 18 and 19 meet the flat upright inside surface 21 of the door. To accurately and efliciently hang the door on a frame two groups of three guide holes 22 and 22A are placed in the inside surface 21 to provide lead holes for screws used to secure hinges to the door.

Guide holes 22 and 22A are placed in the back inside surface 21 of the door by a marking device indicated generally at 23. In use marking device 23 is aligned with the angularly disposed walls 17 and 18 or alternatively with walls 17 and 19 to locate the holes 22 and 22A. Marking device 23 has a fiat base' 24 having opposite ends terminating in upright flanges 26 and 27. Integral with the outer edge of the midsection of base 24 is a downwardly projected elongated guide plate 28 operable to align base 24 with end wall 17. Base 24 is selectively aligned with top and bottom Walls 18 and 19 with movable fiat ears 29 and 31. Pairs of nut and bolt assemblies 32 and 33 secure ears 29 and 31 adjacent the outsides of flanges 26 and 27 respectively. As shown in FIGURE 4, ear 29 has a pair of upright slots 34 accommodating the bolts of the assemblies 32. Slots 34 allow the ear 29 to freely move in up and down directions so that the bottom portion of the ear can move either below or above the plane base 24. As shown in FIGURE 3, ear 31 projects downwardly from base 24 and rests against top wall 18 to function as a stop postiioning the base on the inside surface of the door. Ear 31 functions in conjunction with guide plate 28 to locate the marking device on the door. Guide holes 22A are located on the inside surface of the door by moving the marking device 23 to the lower side of the door until ear 29 engages bottom Wall 19. With the marking device in this position ear 31 will be raised.

A-s shown in FIGURES 1 and 4, a handle 36 projects laterally from the midsection of base 24. Handle 36 has a body 37 secured to the midsection of base 24 by fastening means, as nut and bolt assemblies (not shown). A movable plate 38 located above body 37 carries three spaced pins or punches 39. A flat support 41 secured to the heads of the punches is yattached to the bottom side of plate 38 by bolt 42 projected through a sleeve 43. A nut 44 threaded on the upper end of bolt 42 holds sleeve 43 and plate 41 in assembled relation. Nut 44 has a rounded head which serves as an impact member. The forward ends of punches 39 are located in holes 46 which project through body 37 and base 24. The three punches 39' are disposed in a triangular pattern which corresponds to the triangular pattern of holes in the hinge members used to mount the doors on the frame.

Plate 38 is mounted on the body 37 by three guide means indicated generally at 47, 48 and 49. The guide means are triangularly spaced from each other and are identical in construction. As shown in FIGURE 5, guide means 47 comprises a stove bolt 51 projected through a suitable hole in lbody 37 upwardly through a hole 50 in plate 38. Sleeve 52 positioned over bolt 51 projects through hole 50. A nut 53 threaded on the upper end of bolt 51 maintains the sleeve in assembled relation with body 37. Coil spring 54 concentrically positioned about sleeve 52 is located between plate 38 and top of body 37.

The coil springs on each of the guide means biases plate 38 -in an upward direction carrying punches 39 up into the holes 46. When plate 38 engages nuts 53 which function as stops the forward ends of punches 39 are re-` tracted back or located in holes 46.

In use, to mark and make lead holes 22 marking device 23 is placed on the back or inside surface 21 with base 24 in surface engagement with inside surface 21. The guide plate 2 3 is placed in linear engagement with the end wall 17. Ear 31 being free to move in a down position under the influence of gravity falls below the surface of base 24 and engages top wall 18 thereby vertically locating the marking device on the inside surface 21 in a fixed location with respect to end wall 17 and to top wall 18. l

As shown in FIGURE 5, an object 56, as a hammer, is used to strike the impact head of nut 44. The impact force of object 56 on nut 44 moves punches 39 through holes 46 into the top surface 21 vof the door. As the plate 38 moves downwardly coil springs 54 are compressed between plate 38 and body 37 so that as soon as the force of object 56 is removed from nut 44 the springs automatically return plate 38 back against stop nuts 53 thereby retracting punches 39 from door 15. The locating and making of lead holes 22A on the 'bottom sector of door 15 is done in a similar manner. In this instance the ear 29 cooperates with bottom wall 19 and guide plate 28 cooperates with end wall 17 to fix the lateral location of holes 22A.

As shown in FIGURE 6, cabinet 57 having a rectangular frame 58 mounting two pairs of hinges 59 and 61 used to pivotally attach a pair of doors 62 and 63 to the frame. The hinges are initially attached to the doors 62 and 63 using the guide holes 22 and 22A shown in FIG- URE l. Before the doors 62 and 63 are positioned on frame S8 they are secured together with a pair of releasable clamps 64 and 66 which engage adjacent edges of the doors and space the doors from each other. As shown in FIGURE 7, clamp 64 comprises an inside plate 67 having stepped outer end 68 engageable with the inside of frame 58. Step 68 cooperates with the upright flange of door 63 to firmly grip the frame 58. Located on the outside of door 63 is an outside plate 69 connected to inside plate 67 with a bolt 71 extended through suitable holes in the plates 67 and 69. A wing nut 72 threaded on )bolt 71 holds plates 67 and 69 in engagement with the inner and outer surfaces of the doors 62 and 63. Clamp 66 is similar in construction to clamp 64 shown in FIGURE 7 with the exception that the inner plate does not contain a stepped outer end.

With clamps 64 and 66 securing doors 62 and 63 together, as a single door or one piece assembly, the doors 62 and 63 are placed over the rectangular opening of frame 58. Screws are then placed through the outer leaves of the hinge pairs 59 and 61 thereby pivotally mounting doors 62 and 63 on the frame. As soon as doors 62 and 63 are mounted on frame S8 clamps 64 and 66 are removed permitting the doors to swing about hinges 59 and 61. The spacing between the adjacent or facing edges of doors 62 kand 63 has a uniform width determined by the size of bolts 71 in clamps 64 and 66.

As shown in FIGURE 8, a gauge indicated generally `at 73 is used to mark guide holes 74 in frame 58 and guide hole 76 in the inside surface of door 63 for screws used to attach the latch structure to the frame and door respectively. The two piece cabinet latch shown in FIG- URE l has a first member 77 secured by screws 79 to frame 58 and a second member 83 secured to the door which coacts to lock with the second member 78 to hold the door in closed position.

Gauge 73 comprises a right angle base 81 adapted to be positioned over the edge of frame 58. Secured to the downwardly projected leg of lbase 81 is a forwardly directed finger 82 which serves as a guide means for directing the door onto base 81. Projected upwardly from the horizontal flange of base 81 is an upright elongated rib 83, shown .as an angle member secured to the top of horizontal ange of base 81. Extended downwardly from the horizontal fiange of base 81 are a pair of spaced projections 84 used to form the guide holes 74 in frame 58. A similar projection 86 extended forwardly from rib 83 is used to form guide hole 76 in door 63.

In terms of `a method of hanging a pair of doors on a lcabinet frame the invention comprises the steps of initially marking each door with lead holes for the hinges. After the guide holes, as guide holes 22 and 22A, are in the inside surfaces of the opposite sides of the doors the hinges are attached to the doors with suitable screws. After the doors have been placed in a side-by-side relation clamps 64 and 66 are used to space adjacent edges of the doors from each other and to secure the doors together as a single door assembly. Before clamp unit 64 is turned tight the doors are placed in position in the frame with the clamp unit 64 engageable with inside frame 58 and the door positioned on the outside of the frame. The clamp unit 64 then turned tight to hold both doors 62 and 63 in la fixed position on the frame 58. With the doors 62 and 63 held in this position conventional screws are used to secure hinges 59 and 61 to the opposite upright portions of frame 58. The doors 62 and 63 are now hingedly attached to ,frame 58. Upon removal of clamp units 64 and 66 doors 62 and 63 may be angularly moved to open and closed positions.

The bottom portion of frame 58 and the corresponding portions on doors 62 and 63 are marked with gauge 73 to determine the guide holes 74 and 76 for the two piece latch used to hold the doors in their closed positions. Gauge 73 placed over the edge of frame 58 as shown in FIGURE 9 with projections 84 forced into frame 58 to form guide holes 74. With the base 81 in engagement with frame 58 finger 82 projects in a forward direction. Door 63 is now swung to the closed position with the bottom edge of door riding on finger 82 which guides the door into `projection 86 used to form guide hole 76. This procedure is repeated for forming the guide holes 74 and 76 for the opposite door. After all .guide holes have been placed in the frame and doors the latch structure shown in FIGURE l0 is secured to frame 58 and the inside of the doors.

While there has been shown and described the preferred structure and method for hanging cabinet doors of the invention, it will be understood that various changes, omissions, substitutions, details of the devices and method illustrated my be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. The invention is limited only as indicated by the following claims.

The embodiments of the :invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed as defined as follows:

1. A device for making guide holes in a member having a surface and two edges comprising a .base adapted to be positioned on the surface of the member, at least one punch means projected upwardly from the base, said punch means having lower ends normally positioned in a hole in the base, movable means secured to the punch means, first guide means connecting the movable means with the base for guiding the movable means toward and away from the base whereby when the movable means is forced toward the base the Vpunch means projects through the base and into the member supporting the device, second guide means for locating the ybase on the surface with respect to two edges of the member, said second guide means including a first member extended downwardly from one side of the base to cooperate with one edge and at least one second member movably mounted on one end of the base to cooperate with the other edge thereby locating the base on the surface with respect to the two edges of the member.

2. A device for making guide holes in a member having a surface and two edges normally disposed with respect to each other comprising a base adapted to be positioned on the surface of the member, at least one punch means projected upwardly from the base, said punch means having a lower end normally positioned in a hole in the base, movable means secured to the punch means, first guide means connecting the movable means with the base for guiding the movable means toward and away from the base whereby when the movable means is forced toward the base the punch means projects through the base and into the member supporting the device, and second guide means secured to the base for locating the base on the surface with respect to the two edges of the member, said second guide means including an elongated plate secured to and extended downwardly from one side of the base and upright members movably mounted on the opposite'ends of the base, said members being normally disposed with respect to said elongated plate.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein there are a plurality of spaced punch means projected upwardly from the base, each punch means having a lower end portion normally located in a hole in the base.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said movable means is a plate located over said base and an upright impact member secured to a center portion of the plate.

S. The device of claim 1 including handle means secured to and laterally projected from the base.

6. The `device of claim 1 including means for biasing the movable means away from the base, said rst guide means having stop means for limiting upward movement of the movable means whereby the biasing means normally holds the lower ends of the punch means in the hole in the base.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein said biasing means are springs concentrically disposed about the rst guide means and located between the base and the movable means.

8. The device of claim 1 including means projected downwardly from the movable means to limit the downward movement of the movable means.

9. The device of claim 2 wherein the base has upright flanges at the opposite ends thereof, said upright members located adjacent said flanges, and means mounting the upright members on adjacent flanges for movement in up and down directions so that the bottom portions of the upright members can move either below or above the plane of the base.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS WILLIAM W. DYER, JR., Primary Examine/' RALPH `TAY ZLOTNIK, Assistant Examiner. 

1. A DEVICE FOR MAKING GUIDE HOLES IN A MEMBER HAVING A SURFACE AND TWO EDGES COMPRISING A BASE ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED ON THE SURFACE OF THE MEMBER, AT LEAST ONE PUNCH MEANS PROJECTED UPWARDLY FROM THE BASE, SAID PUNCH MEANS HAVING LOWER ENDS NORMALLY POSITIONED IN A HOLE IN THE BASE, MOVABLE MEANS SECURED TO THE PUNCH MEANS, FIRST GUIDE MEANS CONNECTING THE MOVABLE MEANS WITH THE BASE FOR GUIDING THE MOVABLE MEANS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE BASE WHEREBY WHEN THE MOVABLE MEANS IS FORCED TOWARD THE BASE THE PUNCH MEANS PROJECTS THROUGH THE BASE AND INTO THE MEMBER SUPPORTING THE DEVICE, SECOND GUIDE MEANS FOR LOCATING THE BASE ON THE SURFACE WITH RESPECT TO TWO EDGES OF THE MEMBER, SAID SECOND GUIDE MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST MEMBER EXTENDED DOWNWARDLY FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BASE TO COOPERATE WITH ONE EDGE AND AT LEAST ONE SECOND MEMBER MOVABLY MOUNTED ON ONE END OF THE BASE TO COOPERATE WITH THE OTHER EDGE THEREBY LOCATING THE BASE ON THE SURFACE WITH RESPECT TO THE TWO EDGES OF THE MEMBER. 